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Peter Dolman
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log fires cannot gererate electricity to power all your gadgets (computer etc). if you are lucky enough to have a woodburning stove and have access to timber then great.
if we all had these stoves there would not be many trees left standing I suspect!
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Our wood burner is the primary heat source for our downstairs living area. I am quite lucky in that I have access to lots of scrap, usable, timber with which to heat the lower area of my house. If I had to buy coal and wood to burn on a multi-fuel burner I can't see it being very economical as a primary heat source compared to modern radiators.
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Block67
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-erm, i beg to differ. There are many ways to convert heat into electric. one example, run a water pipe thru the back or top of the stove (similar to a back boiler) , use the pressure (or steam) created to power a small turbine, hey presto electric!
Countless ways of doing things like that, just got to put your mind to it.
Right, off to fell a few more trees, hate conifers anyway lol |
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Block67
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-oh yeah, forgot to say, a good back boiler heats your water tank, saving loads of electric. (some of us dont have a gas supply)
As for the trees, conifers grow quickly, plant a few fell a few, ready fuel! |
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Poplar is also grown as a fuel source. I had my wood burner going from 2pm until midnight yesterday because it had got so nippy. Now that we are using it more and more I will start to put the kettle on it again so we can generate free hot water for the washing up, cups of tea/coffee and hot water bottles. Every little helps.  
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i love the smell of either cherry wood or apple wood on a real fire
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